Fiji Archive

  • Denise Roche

    Workers’ rights in Fiji - by Denise Roche



    When the Fijian military rule decided to deport New Zealand Council of Trade Unions President Helen Kelly and her Australian union counterparts yesterday they gave a clear signal that the reports of abuse of workers’ rights and the physical attacks on Fijian trade unionists are probably accurate. Ms Kelly was part of an Australian and New [...] read more
    December 14, 2011 4:15 pm - 12 Comments
  • Keith Locke

    My conversation with Tevita Mara - by Keith Locke



    This morning I had a good talk with Tevita Mara, the Fijian colonel who split from Bainimarama, about how to speed up the return to democracy to Fiji. read more
    July 20, 2011 2:58 pm - 3 Comments
  • Keith Locke

    What unpopular US intelligence targets did Clark authorise? - by Keith Locke



    David Keegan, the deputy US Ambassador in 2007, wrote in a cable that Helen Clark “has been willing to address [intelligence] targets of marginal benefit to New Zealand that could do her political harm if made public.” This is diclosed in a Michael Field article in this morning’s DomPost further analysing Wikileaks documents relating to [...] read more
    December 16, 2010 1:51 pm - 25 Comments
  • frog

    Foreign Affairs is a million shades of grey - by frog



    I was wading through the agreement establishing the ASEAN-Australia New Zealand Free Trade Area a few weeks ago – a little light reading for a Frog. Looks like New Zealand will be doing business with Burma (or Myanmar as the military dictators refer to Burma). Green MP Dr Kennedy Graham spoke about this in the [...] read more
    May 6, 2009 2:58 pm - 8 Comments
  • Sue Bradford

    Bradford’s Truth – An MoU and a coup - by Sue Bradford



    My regular column in the New Zealand Truth appeared again today: A couple of weeks ago the Green Party signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National-led Government. Some of our supporters have been worried that perhaps we are selling our souls to the Nats in return for a few favours. However, I would like [...] read more
    April 23, 2009 12:24 pm - 43 Comments
  • frog

    Welcome to the planet’s newest Green Party - by frog



    Congratulations to Fiji on forming the world’s youngest Green Party.  The party’s founder, Bernadette Rounds Ganilau, gave Radio New Zealand International a list principles that Aotearoa Greens may find astonishingly familiar: “We have guiding principles, but basically it’s ecological wisdom, social justice and non-violence, participatory democracy and sustainability. And these are all very comfortable with [...] read more
    November 4, 2008 11:14 am - 6 Comments
  • frog

    Bainimarama’s flying visit - by frog



    Foreign Affairs Ministry officials confirmed today the ban would be relaxed to enable Bainimarama and officials to transit through Auckland airport on their way to Niue, where the forum is being held. They defended the decision to relax the rules on the grounds that the forum wanted an update from Fiji on its previous pledge [...] read more
    August 13, 2008 2:19 pm - 2 Comments
  • frog

    Tonga and Fiji - by frog



    Don’t you love today’s South Pacific news? The Prime Minister of Tonga is advising Fiji’s military coup leader Commodore Bainimarama, on democracy. Take this quote from Tonga’s Prime Minister, Hon. Dr Feleti Sevele in his role as the Pacific Islands Forum Chairman, “We also added that, if having taken all reasonable steps towards holding the [...] read more
    July 22, 2008 8:35 am - 2 Comments